Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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