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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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