Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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