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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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