Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also researches the most important 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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