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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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