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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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