Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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