Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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