Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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