Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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