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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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