Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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