Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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