Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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