Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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