Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mauritius to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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