Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning enable students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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