Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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