Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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