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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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