Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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