Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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