Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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