Learn more about this compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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