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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Puerto Rico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better perceive these open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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