Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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