Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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