Find out more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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