Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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