Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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