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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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