Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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