Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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