Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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