Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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