Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. People want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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