Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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