Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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