Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are enabling humans all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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