Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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