Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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