Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology enable students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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