Learn more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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