Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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