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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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