Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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