Find out more about the interesting book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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