Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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