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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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