Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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