Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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