Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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