Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning enable learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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