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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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