Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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