Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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