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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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