Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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