Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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