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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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