Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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