Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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