Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning are empowering learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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