Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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