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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in elearning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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