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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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