Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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