Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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