Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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