Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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