Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Nepal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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