Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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