Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major 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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