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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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