Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning enable humans all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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