Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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