Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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