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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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