Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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