Find out more about this interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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