Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational endeavours. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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