Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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