Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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