Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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