Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. 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 MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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