Learn more about the engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also analyzes the 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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