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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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