Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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