Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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