Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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