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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are normally 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 a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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