Learn more about the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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