Find out more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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