Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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