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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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