Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive these new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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