Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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