Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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