Find out more about this impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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