Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the exciting 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 book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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