Learn more about this authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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