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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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