Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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