Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology enable learners in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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