Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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