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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Macedonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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