Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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