Find out more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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