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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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