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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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