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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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