Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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