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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Teachers and many other participants need to better understand these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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