Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning enable learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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