Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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