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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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