Find out more about this book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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