Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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