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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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