Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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