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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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