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

MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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