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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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