Find out more about this scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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