Learn more about the compelling new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. 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 MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Portugal to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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