Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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