Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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