Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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