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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Egypt to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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