Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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