Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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