Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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