Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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