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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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