Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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