Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning enable learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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