Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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