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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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