Learn more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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