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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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