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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new 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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