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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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