Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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