Find out more about the 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. Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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