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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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