Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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