Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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