Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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