Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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