Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Armenia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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