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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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