Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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