Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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