Find out more about the cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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