Find out more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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