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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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