Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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