Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning enable learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational ventures. People want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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