Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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