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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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