Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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