Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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