Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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