Find out more about the thought-provoking new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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