Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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