Learn more about the definitive 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 massive open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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