Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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