Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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