Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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