Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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