Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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