Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world 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 MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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