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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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