Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes 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 MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malta to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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