Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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