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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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