Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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