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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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