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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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