Learn more about this exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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