Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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