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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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