Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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