Find out more about the new book MOOCs and Open Education

MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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