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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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