Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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