Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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