Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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