Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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