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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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