Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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