Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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