Find out more about the informative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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