Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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