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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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