Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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