Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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