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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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