Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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