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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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