Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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