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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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