Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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