Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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