Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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