Learn more about the breathtaking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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