Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology have enabled students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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