Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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