Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in e-learning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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