Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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