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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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