Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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