Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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