Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take 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. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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