Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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