Learn more about this informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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