Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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