Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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