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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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