Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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