Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bangladesh to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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