Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Oman to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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