Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Barbados to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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