Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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