Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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