Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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