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

MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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