Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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