Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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