Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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