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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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