Learn more about the fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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