Find out more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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