Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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