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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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