Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in digital education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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