Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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