Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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