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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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