Learn more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes 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 several subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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