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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also examines 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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