Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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