Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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