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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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