Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are considering today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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