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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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