Learn more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education enable humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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