Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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