Learn more about the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates 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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