Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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