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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also analyzes the 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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