Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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