Find out more about this fascinating new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to participate 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. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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