Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also investigates 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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