Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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