Find out more about this breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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