Find out more about the book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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