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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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