Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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