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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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