Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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