Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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