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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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