Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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