Learn more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. People want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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