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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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