Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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