Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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