Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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