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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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