Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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