Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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