Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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