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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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