Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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