Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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