Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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