Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open education ventures. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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