Find out more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in digital education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Wisconsin – Madison to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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