Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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