Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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