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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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