Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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