Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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