Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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