Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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