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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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