Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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