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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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