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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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