Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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