Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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