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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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