Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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