Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning have enabled humans all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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