Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in elearning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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