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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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