Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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