Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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