Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning enable people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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