Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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