Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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