Learn more about the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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