Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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