Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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