Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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