Learn more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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