Learn more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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