Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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