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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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