Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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