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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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