Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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