Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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