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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.

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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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