Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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