Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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