Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Denmark to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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