Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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