Find out more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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