Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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