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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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