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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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