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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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