Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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