Find out more about the impressive book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also discusses the key 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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