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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in 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 massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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