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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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