Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the 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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