Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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