Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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