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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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