Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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