Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jamaica to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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