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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkmenistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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