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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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