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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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