Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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