Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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