Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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