Learn more about this dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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