Find out more about the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guernsey to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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