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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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