Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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