Find out more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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