Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand these open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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