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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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