Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cape Verde to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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