Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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