Learn more about the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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