Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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