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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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