Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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