Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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