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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. 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. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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