Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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