Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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