Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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