Learn more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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