Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also talks about the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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