Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Northern Cyprus to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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