Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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