Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines 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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