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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning are making it possible for people all around the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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