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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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