Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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