Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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