Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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