Find out more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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