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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Guadeloupe to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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