Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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