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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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