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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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