Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better understand these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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