Learn more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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