Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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