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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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