Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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