Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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