Learn more about the appealing new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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