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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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