Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. 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 MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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