Find out more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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