Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans 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. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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