Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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