Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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