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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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