Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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