Learn more about the impressive new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Thailand to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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