Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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