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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning enable students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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