Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning enable people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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