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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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