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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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