Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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