Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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