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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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