Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Nauru to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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