Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Trinidad and Tobago to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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