Find out more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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