Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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