Learn more about the enlightening new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open education ventures. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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