Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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