Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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