Learn more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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