Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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