Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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