Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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