Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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