Learn more about this enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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