Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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