Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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