Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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