Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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