Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning make it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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