Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing 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 quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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