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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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