Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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