Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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