Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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