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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like French Guiana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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