Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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