Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in elearning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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