Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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