Learn more about this thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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