Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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