Find out more about this educative new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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