Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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