Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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