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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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