Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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