Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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