Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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