Learn more about this interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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