Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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