Find out more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have enabled learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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