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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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