Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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