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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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