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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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