Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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