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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by organizations like Syria to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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