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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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