Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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