Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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