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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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