Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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