Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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