Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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