Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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