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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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