Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the major 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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