Learn more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to understand these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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