Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational initiatives. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the key 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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