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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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