Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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