Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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