Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to understand these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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