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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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