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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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