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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in blended learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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