Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also researches the key 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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