Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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