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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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