Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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