Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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