Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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