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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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