Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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