Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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