Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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