Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scholars want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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