Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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