Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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