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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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