Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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