Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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