Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates 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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