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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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