Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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