Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 Finland to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the 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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