Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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