Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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