Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Teachers want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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