Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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