Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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