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

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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