Learn more about this impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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