Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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