Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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