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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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