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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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