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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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