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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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