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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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