Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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