Find out more about the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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