Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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