Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Zimbabwe to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants want to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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