Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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