Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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