Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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