Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand these new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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