Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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