Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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