Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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