Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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