Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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