Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled students all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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