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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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