Learn more about the illuminating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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